Volunteers Initiative Nepal (VIN) celebrated 111th International Women’s Day at NaraTika Community Learning Centre, Nisankhe, Okhaldhunga. The slogan of the day this year was “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. The International Women’s Day Celebration programme was organized in coordination with Siddhicharan Municipality, Taluwa Women’s Cooperative, Taluwa and Saraswati Women’s Multipurpose Cooperative, Thulachhap. The programme was conducted in the presence of Sarita Basnet, Chairperson of Taluwa Women’s Cooperative and Amir Babu Gurung, Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure Development as the chief guest.
The former constitution assembly member Ms. Sakuntal Rajbhandary, Sankar B. Katwal- Land Management Office Okhaldhunga, Ichchha Kumari Gurung-Deputy Mayor Siddhicharan Municipality, Bandana Rai-Chief District Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police Okhaldhunga, DSP of Armed Police Force Okhaldhunga, Kedar Babu Basnet-Ward no. 1 Chairperson, Krishna Bahadur Karki-Ward no. 2 President and Sarita Tamang-Women and Children Branch attended and addressed the program. Head teachers form community schools, health post in-charge, police post Nishankhe in-charge, ward secretory of 1 and 2, Cooperative Chairpersons as well as Women’s Cooperative members from Siddhicharan Municipality were invited in the program. Ms. Chandrika Phuyal gave a welcome speech for the participants.
A rally was also organized on the International Women’s Day Celebration Program. Cooperative members from ward 1 and 2, schoolteachers and other local women alongside community people participated in the programme. To promote the local product of women, an exhibition was also placed during the programme. Products of Dalit entrepreneurs promoted by VIN such as ladies purse, mobile bag, shopping bag, beads ornaments were kept on display together with organic agriculture product like, kodo flour, potato, banana, gundruk, sisnu and other locally available merchandises.
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